A nurse educates a patient in her third trimester of pregnancy about the difference between false...

A nurse educates a patient in her third trimester of pregnancy about the difference between false contractions and true contractions. What should the nursing professional emphasize as characteristics of false contractions?

a. They are not relieved when walking, cause cervical dilation felt in the lumbar region. b. irrregular, relieve when walking, cause cervical dilation c. Disappear with movement, felt in the lumbar region, are regular. d. The abdomen is felt over the navel, it does not cause cervical dilation, they are relieved by walking.

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INTRODUCTION

Pregnancy is a physiological process and usually lasts for 40 weeks of gestation .Pregnancy is divided into three trimester;

-FIRST TRIMESTER

-Lasts for 1-12 weeks

-SECOND TRIMESTER

-Lasts for 12-28 weeks

-THIRD TRIMESTER

-Lasts for 29-40 weeeks

BRAXTON HICKS CONTRACTIONS

-The answer is D ,The abdomen is felt over the navel,it does not cause cervical dialatation,and they are relieved by walking

- It is also known as FALSE LABOUR pain

THE REASON BEHIND THE ANSWER

-it is experienced during pregancy

-it is a sign of womens body preparing for the true labour pain

-it may start after 20 th weeks of preganancy

-usually it may last for 30 seconds

-it does not cause dialataion of the cervix

-pain may relieve while walking or changing positions

-unpredictable and non-rhythmic pain

-its feel like a menstrual cramp

-irregular duration and intensity

-felt tightening in front of the abdomen

Nightingale answered 1 year ago

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